Luis Dorante is in his third season as the Pirates Bullpen Coach,
having joined the Major League staff on November 20, 2007. He
served the Florida Marlins in the same capacity during the 2005
campaign.

A highlight of Dorante's 2009 season came when he was Albert
Pujols' pitcher during the Home Run Derby prior to the All-Star
Game in St. Louis in July.

Dorante spent the 2007 season as the Manager at Jupiter, the
Marlins Class-A affiliate in the Florida State League. He also
managed in the Dominican Republic during the 2007 off-season.
Prior to managing Double-A Carolina in 2006, Dorante spent
three seasons at the helm with Jupiter. In that time, he produced
a 221-190 record, which included an 81-57 mark in 2002, the most
victories by Jupiter in a single season. Luis led the Hammerheads
to the playoffs twice in those three seasons. In 2003, he led the club
to a combined
76-62 record,
which included a
42-28 mark and
a first place finish
in the first half.
Luis shared postseason
Manager-of-the-
Year laurels in
both 2002 and
2003.

Dorante began
his managerial
career in the Montreal Expos system in the Gulf Coast League in
1995. He was a coach with the GCL Expos in 1996, a club which
posted a league-best 41-18 record and a first-place finish, only to
lose in the first round of the playoffs. After three seasons with the
GCL Expos (also managed in 1997), he led Cape Fear to an overall
record of 80-61 and a post-season appearance in 1998. Luis also
managed Jupiter in 1999 and 2000 while the club was affiliated with
Montreal.

In 11 seasons as a minor league skipper, Dorante led his team
to the playoffs four times and compiled a record of 671-696.

Primarily a catcher during his playing days, Luis also made
appearances at first base, third base and in the outfield during his
six-year minor league career. He played a total of 221 games from
1987 thru 1993 in the Boston organization after being signed as a
non-drafed free agent on 9/15/86. Dorante missed the 1992
season, but finished his playing career as a player/coach with Ft.
Lauderdale in 1993.

Following his playing career, Dorante joined the Expos
organization and worked as a Venezuelan scout in 1994.